Elie Wiesel Night Tragedy

January 30, 1933 marks the day that terror reigns and knocks on everyone’s door as Adolf Hitler becomes appointed as the Chancellor of Germany. Since Hitler took over, he immediately started to persecute and segregate the Jewish citizens. The Nazis were accommodated with the term, “Final Solution”, which refers to a plan to obliterate the Jewish citizens. Many torn from the only family they knew and left to work in order to survive. A once in a lifetime tragedy continues to make an impact upon our environment, but it’s up to the citizens to find the inner strength and help build to keep our society as one. Through all of the tragedy there was one Jewish citizen who stood out the most and he was a young boy named Eliezer Wiesel. He was sent to several concentration camps along with his family, but he was soon separated from his mother and younger sister, Tzipora. As the transitions from concentration camp to
Eliezer was stepping up and becoming the voice of the Jewish citizens, who have lost their lives due to the conditions from the concentration camps. Eliezer founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity along with his wife in 1986, which was the same year the he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Their mission statement is focused on combating indifferences, intolerances, and injustices through programs that help promote acceptance, understanding and equality. The foundation is focused on bringing people together from all over in to share ideas and they hold conferences in order to discuss social issues and develop suggestions for changes to occur.
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity was created in the remembrance of the Holocaust. They’re open to donations at anytime and they can be reached at 555 Madison Avenue, New York, NY